Allegheny County Ordinance: Keep Up the Good work!
I posted earlier today, about my conversation with the County Council office. You folks are doing a great job  calling your county council representative. Keep it up! Call and email the two at-large council persons, and your district council person and let them know that we need the Allegheny County nondiscrimination ordinance passed with the language as it was before last amended.
Don’t call Dan Onorato! He is working really hard on this one, so after the vote is over, please thank him for his hard work for the GLBTQ community. He has received too many unpleasant emails from GLBTQ Pittsburghers! From the sounds of it, you would think people see him as the bad guy. He isn’t. The amendment that was added to the legislation- that’s the bad guy. Let’s get it off of the bill by asking our representatives to remove it.
We do want as many people as possible for the vote tomorrow. Hope you can make it!
What can you do now?
Contact your County Council person and let them know that this amendment is a bad deal and should be stripped from the legislation before it passes. The Pittsburgh ordinance has worked fine for over 20 years- there is no reason to make these types of changes!
Your Council person.
http://eqfed.org/ct/A7S5cbE10412/
Council at-large members: John Defazio, Chuck McCullough
Ask them to remove the language from the proposed Human
Relations Ordinance that allows organizations that receive
County funding to discriminate.
Attend the meeting on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 5PM (but come
early the room will be packed)
436 Grant Street
4th floor – Gold Room (room may be changed to accommodate large
numbers)
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
If you wish, you may speak at the meeting on Wednesday. (You
must call ahead and put your name on a list to speak -
412.350.6490)
